Merry Christmas Radio

What a difference a few years makes. Amy Grant’s first Christmas offering was a bit forgetable. That’s why this 1999 release aptly titled “A Christmas to Remember” will live long as a Christmas favorite. Here are the tracks:
1. A Christmas to Remember
2. Christmas Can’t Be Very Far Away
3. Silent Night
4. Christmas Lullaby
5. Highland Cathedral
6. [...]

Known as the first in a long line of best-selling compilations featuring contemporary artists singing Christmas favorites, it could be that this first one is the best. Here are the tracks:
1. Santa Claus is Coming to Town — The Pointer Sisters
2. Winter Wonderland — Eurythmics
3. Do You Hear What I Hear — Whitney Houston
4. [...]

It’s not exactly traditional. And that’s exactly what Jimmy Buffett is all about.
Buffett’s 1996 Christmas release of “Christmas Island” features the flavors of the islands. On “Christmas Island” or “Mele Kalikimaka” this flavor works. For “Jingle Bells”, it doesn’t. And Santa’s reputation in “Ho Ho HO and a Bottle of Rhum” takes a hit. [...]

The 1956 classic holiday album from Frank Sinatra titled “A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra” has been added to MCR’s library. From “White Christmas” to two versions of “The Christmas Waltz” this CD features not only classic Christmas carols but also timeless Sinatra styling from his “golden era”. Here are the tracks:
1. Jingle Bells
2. [...]